MERCER COUNTY PUBLIC ART TOURS

The Trenton Artists Workshop Association presents “Mercer Public Art Tours for Teens and Adults” set for Saturdays, May 14 and 21, 2011.

The tours are designed to bring awareness to the large collection of public art that exists in the Mercer County and introduce art and artists to a new audience.
On May 14 two public art tours of Princeton are scheduled: a 10 AM tour for teens, and a 1 PM tour for the general public.

Highlights of the one hour Princeton tour include the MacMonnies Battle Monument; the Norman Rockwell mural; statues by Henry Moore, Richard Serra, Louise Nevelson, and others; and architecture by Frank Gehry and Michael Graves.
The Princeton tours will meet in front of the Garden Theater at the corner of Nassau and Vendeventer streets.

On May 21 a tour is set to highlight public artwork in downtown Trenton, with a 10 AM a tour for teens and general public tour.

Highlights of this one hour tour include art works by Alexander Calder, George Segal, Toshiko Takaezu, and Thomas Eakins; architecture by John Notman and Cass Gilbert; and a visit to the river view plaza that features a fountain designed by New Jersey artist Clyde Lynds.

The Trenton tour will meet in front of the New Jersey State Museum auditorium on West State Street.

Tours have been coordinated through the Trenton Artist Workshop Association (TAWA). Leading the tours will be Byron and Daniel Aubrey. Byron Aubrey is a teen member of TAWA and a student at Steinert High School. Daniel Aubrey has worked with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and New Jersey State Museum, and has coordinated numerous cultural projects in Trenton.

All tours will be given rain or shine, and a pay-what-you-will donation will be accepted.

TAWA, founded in 1979 to promote the arts in the greater Trenton Area, is funded by the Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Commission through a State/County Block Grant Partnership with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment of the Arts.

For more information call 609-213-2918.